Word: slivered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ends in moral, political and legal stalemate - resolved by a sliver in the U.S. Supreme Court. I could argue the Gore case with perfect coherence and logic; I could argue the Bush case with equal coherence and logic...
...sure, has their favorite Baldwin brother. Some people prefer Stephen, won over by his goofy smile and his scintillating performance alongside Pauly Shore in 1996's Bio-Dome. Others pick Billy, the soulful middle child, whose star wattage has dimmed somewhat since his heyday in films like Sliver and Backdraft. And some, I imagine, plump for Adam, the oft-forgotten Baldwin boy whose work, for some reason, tends to scurry straight to video...
...race as close as this, the last sliver of undecideds may well choose their lever by taking one last look around their world. For all the fretting about sighing, sniffing, stumbling and exaggeration, if the world and Wall Street's current state of tenuousness are still riding the front pages in November, this would well be a classic status quo election - about whether or not America could indeed benefit from a change of leadership. And whether in a time of relative chaos, voters feel comfortable turning over the reins to George W. Bush...
...NASDAQ has been in a serious funk, shedding nearly 400 points, more than 10 percent of its value, until suddenly a sliver of sun peeked out on Wednesday. Some credited Oracle, which lifted the index after some good news for the software maker. Others pointed to the day, the third day of the quarter, in which portfolio managers supposedly come out of their meetings and dump some investment money on the table. But for most, it seemed this cute little rally was like a flower pushing up through the tundra - not a full-blown spring yet, but hopefully a sign...
That did it. When word leaked Thursday that McCain had opened the door a sliver, the entire city started a mad round of speculation. Anxious to fan the flames were House Republicans who have been trying to put together a Bush-McCain ticket since the end of the GOP primaries. The Arizona senator is the most popular Republican in the country and vulnerable House members have the fistful of polls to prove it. If McCain goes on the ticket they think they'll be able to keep control of the House...